if taxes go up,
I’ll live, if democracy …
it goes down? I won’t!
Based on the line, “I used to be a middle-of-the-road Republican. Nowadays, I think of myself as a Scoop Jackson Democrat — and my views have barely shifted. If my taxes go up, I’ll live. If my democracy goes down, I won’t.“
As expressed by Bret Stephens, an Opinion columnist for The Times, writing about foreign policy, domestic politics and cultural issues, writing in the weekly column, The Conversation (with Gail Collins) titled And the Award for Best Performance at the State of the Union Goes to … March 11, 2024 in the New York Times.